Where does “chakram” come from?
chakram (English) comes from Sanskrit चक्रम्, from Sanskrit चक्र, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat, from Proto-West Germanic hwat, from Proto-Germanic hwat — who.
chakram (English): A disc-like throwing weapon originally from...
Definitions
- A disc-like throwing weapon originally from...
Ancestry of “chakram”, step by step
chakram traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit चक्रम्
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | चक्रम् | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 3 | Pali | vatti | to say |
| 4 | German | Watt | intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast... |
| 5 | Middle Low German | wat | what |
| 6 | Old Saxon | hwat | what; lo!, what!, indeed! |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hwat | what |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hwat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |
via Malayalam ചക്രം
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | ചക്രം | wheel |